Microbial chassis development for natural product biosynthesis

X Xu, Y Liu, G Du, R Ledesma-Amaro, L Liu - Trends in biotechnology, 2020 - cell.com
Engineering microbial cells to efficiently synthesize high-value-added natural products has
received increasing attention in recent years. In this review, we describe the pipeline to build …

Recent advances on 2′-fucosyllactose: physiological properties, applications, and production approaches

Y Zhu, L Wan, W Li, D Ni, W Zhang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The trisaccharide, 2′-fucosyllactose (Fucα1-2Galβ1-4Glc; 2′-FL), is the most
abundant oligosaccharide in human milk. It has numerous significant biological properties …

Biosynthesis of human milk oligosaccharides via metabolic engineering approaches: current advances and challenges

Y Zhu, H Cao, H Wang, W Mu - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent advances for microbial HMO synthesis are described.•Key challenges in
representative HMO production are highlighted.•Further perspectives in general HMO …

Microbial chassis engineering drives heterologous production of complex secondary metabolites

J Liu, X Wang, G Dai, Y Zhang, X Bian - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The cryptic secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) far outnumber currently
known secondary metabolites. Heterologous production of secondary metabolite BGCs in …

Combinatorial metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for de novo production of 2′-fucosyllactose

L Lin, M Gong, Y Liu, J Li, X Lv, G Du, L Liu - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Fucosyllactose (2′-FL) is a kind of fucosylated lactose of human milk oligosaccharides
(HMOs). In this work, Escherichia coli MG1655 was metabolically engineered to increase …

Strategies for enhancing microbial production of 2′-fucosyllactose, the most abundant human milk oligosaccharide

Y Liu, Y Zhu, H Wang, L Wan, W Zhang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), a group of structurally diverse unconjugated glycans
in breast milk, act as important prebiotics and have plenty of unique health effects for …

High-Level De Novo Biosynthesis of 2′-Fucosyllactose by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli

Y Liu, Y Zhu, L Wan, R Chen, W Zhang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
2′-Fucosyllactose (2′-FL) is the most abundant oligosaccharide in human milk. In this
study, a highly efficient biosynthetic route for 2′-FL production was designed via the de …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic biology for future food: research progress and future directions

X Lv, Y Wu, M Gong, J Deng, Y Gu, Y Liu, J Li, G Du… - Future Foods, 2021 - Elsevier
Food is essential to provide energy for human cellular metabolism, and is usually made from
plants or animals. Beside plants and animals, other important food sources are made by …

Engineered Bacillus subtilis for the de novo production of 2′-fucosyllactose

Q Zhang, Z Liu, H Xia, Z Huang, Y Zhu, L Xu, Y Liu… - Microbial Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Background The most abundant human milk oligosaccharide in breast milk, 2′-
fucosyllactose (2′-FL), has been approved as an additive to infant formula due to its …

Human milk oligosaccharides as bioactive compounds in infant formula: recent advances and trends in synthetic methods

E Pérez-Escalante, S Alatorre-Santamaría… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) have attracted great interest in recent years due to
their role in boosting infants and adults health. According to several in vitro, in vivo and …